Clark Duke Biography

Born in Glenwood, Arkansas, to Angela and Ronnie Duke, Clark Duke quickly found out he had a gift for acting. He started off appearing in commercials for products such as Toyota and Kellogg’s at age five, and played a role in a 1991 pilot starring Debbie Reynolds called Esme’s Little Nap, that wasn’t picked up for a series.

At the age of seven, he landed his first regular role on a TV series Hearts Afire, playing the son of John Ritter’s character. The show also started Billy Bob Thornton. Clark received a Young Artist Award nomination for his work on the show.

Following his early success, Clark dropped out of the spotlight and after high school, studied filmmaking at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. While living in Los Angeles, he met Canadian actor Michael Cera, who was his next door neighbor in the apartment where he lived. They hit it off and in 2006 Michael and Clark wrote a pilot for a web series called Clark and Michael. It starred Clark as a fictional version of himself, and was used for his college thesis. The show was picked up by CBS for an internet series, allowing Michael and Clark to make several more episodes featuring guest stars such as Jonah Hill and Patton Oswalt.

Clark would again enjoy TV success with the frat house comedy series Greek (2007 to 2011), as well as lending his voice to the animated cult TV show Robot Chicken (2008 to 2013).